ECM, an independent record label founded by Manfred Eicher in 1969, has released over 1700 albums across various genres.
Eicher, who studied double bass and was a production assistant at Deutsche Grammophon, focused on achieving the highest recording standards. The label's first release, “Free at Last” by Mal Waldron, signaled its intent.
ECM has become known for recording artists like Keith Jarrett, Jan Garbarek, and Chick Corea, and in 1984, launched the New Series for notated music. Both the original and New Series emphasize multi-genre and transcultural projects.
ECM's recordings are celebrated for their transparent sound, though Eicher says there is no one-size-fits-all "ECM sound." Instead, each recording is tailored to the artists' sound and aesthetic ideas. The label's cover designs have also been influential and have been the subject of multiple books.
Britten / Bach / Ligeti
Miklos Perenyi
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Frère Jacques: Round About Offenbach
Gianluigi Trovesi & Gianni Coscia
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Toshio Hosokawa: Landscapes
Myumi Miyata, Munich Chamber Orchestra & Alexander Liebreich
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Five Pieces - Takemitsu, Hindemith, Janacek, Silvestrov
Duo Gazzana
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Sounds And Silence - Travels With Manfred Eicher
Peter Guyer & Norbert Wiedmer
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Michael Mantler: For Two
Bjarne Roupe & Per Salo
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Songs Of Ascension
Meredith Monk
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Tchaikovsky & Victor Kissine: Piano Trios
Gidon Kremer, Giedre Dirvanauskaite & Khatia Buniatishvili
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Elegie
Jorg Widmann, German Radio Philharmonic & Christoph Poppen
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Manto and Madrigals
Thomas Zehetmair & Ruth Killiuss
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A Worcester Ladymass
Trio Mediaeval
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Schumann: Kreisleriana & Holliger: Partita
Alexander Lonquich
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Erkki-Sven Tuur: Strata
Nordic Symphony Orchestra & Anu Tali
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Arvo Part: Tabula Rasa
Gidon Kremer, Keith Jarrett, Staatsorchester Stuttgart & Dennis Russell Davies
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Officium Novum
Jan Garbarek & The Hilliard Ensemble
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Gidon Kremer, Keith Jarrett, & Dennis Russell Davies
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Arvo Part: Symphony No. 4
Los Angeles Philharmonic & Esa-Pekka Salonen
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Henri Dutilleux: D'ombre et de silence
Robert Levin
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Othmar Schoeck: Notturno
Christian Gerhaher
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Phantasy of Spring - Feldman, Zimmermann, Schoenberg...
Carolin Widmann & Simon Lepper
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Laszlo Hortobag, Gyorgy Kurtag Jr. & Miklos Lengyelfi
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Neharot
Kim Kashkashian
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Johann Sebastian Bach: Six Partitas
Andras Schiff
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J.S. Bach: Inventionen und Sinfonien; Franzosische S...
Till Fellner
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Elegy of the Uprooting
Eleni Karaindrou
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Arvo Part: In Principio
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir & Tonu Kaljuste
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Alfred Schnittke: Symphony No. 9; Alexander Raskatov...
Dresdner Philharmonie & Dennis Russell Davies
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Bagatellen und Serenaden
Valentin Silvestrov
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Soir, Dit-Elle
Trio Mediaeval
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Folk Songs
Trio Mediaeval
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